Get the Balance Right

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Central Idea
We are responsible for making informed choices to ensure our well being.
Guiding Questions:
  1. What are the similarities and differences in our lifestyle?
  2. What influences our lifestyle choices?
  3. What contributes to our well being?
  4. How can we take responsibility?

Here are some websites that will help you answer some of your questions:

Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating - you may need some help with the reading here.
The Food Guide Pyramid - you may need some help with the reading here.
Staying Healthy - This is a page of links to other sites.
Children's Healthy Eating, Food and Nutritional Resources : All Kids This is a page of links to other sites.
BrainPOP | Nutrition - This is a little film
Learning for Kids - Blood Learning Object - This is an interactive website.

You can find pictures of you putting your learning into action on the Healthy Snack page.

Before we plan our balanced meal try this game to get some ideas:
Lunch-o-matic

Hygiene
Personal Hygiene - you may need some help with the reading here.
Hygiene for Kids - a list of links about topics to do with hygiene
Hygiene basics for kids - you may need some help with the reading here.
Good Hygiene for kids - explains different parts of the bo

Mental Health
This site will help us prepare for our skits on informed choices.

And finally here are some of the skits.
Here is one about bullying:

This one is about being balanced.

The next two skits are about the Food Pyramid


And this one is about being Fit.